Question: What is Lumbar Radiculopathy? Answer: Lumbar Radiculopathy is caused by inflammation or compression of a spinal nerve. This is often caused by lumbar disc pathology or by stenosis of the ...

Do you have shooting pain in your leg? Numbness in the back of your calf or tingling in your foot? Your symptoms — commonly referred to as sciatica — may be caused by injury or pressure on your spinal ...

The study was performed as part of a multicentre randomised controlled trial on the treatment effect of caudal epidural injections. [19] Eligible patients with suspected chronic lumbar radiculopathy, ...

Shooting pain in your leg is often caused by problems in the lumbar spine that put pressure on nerves. Lumbar radiculopathy is often due to degenerative changes like disc herniation or stenosis, ...

A short course of oral prednisone slightly improves function but has no effect on acute radicular leg pain (sciatica) or subsequent need for surgery among patients with a herniated lumbar disk, ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

In some cases, a pinched nerve in the upper back can cause chest pain. However, upper back pinched nerves are less common than those that occur in the neck or lower back. Pinched nerves can cause pain ...

Radiculopathy is the pinching of a nerve root (where nerves join/leave the spinal column). Pinching of the nerve roots can cause pain and numbness in areas controlled by that nerve. Symptoms of nerve ...